STAND. COM. REP. 1504
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1051
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to regulate electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Segway LLC. The Department of Transportation and two concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.
Your Committee believes that development of guidelines for operating this new transportation device is a proactive means to facilitate acceptance of innovation.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Replacing "roadway" with "street" because "roadway" as defined in section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not include a shoulder;
(2) Limiting sales of commercial electric personal assistive mobility devices to those models operated by keys allowing speeds of no more than 8 miles per hour;
(3) Providing an effective date of July 1, 2050, to allow further consideration of this bill.
(4) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style; and
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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